Jane
McGonigal talk on her game that can give us 10 extra years of life is one of
the most interesting talks I have ever listened to. I have not thought of games
the way she has described for years. With all the talk from people around me
saying that games are a waste of time or that they would not play games because
there are better things to do, such as do more school work and not play, I
started to lose my reason for playing games. I felt that in order to keep up in
life with others, I had to prevent myself from playing games. Mrs. McGonigal
argues otherwise saying that games are a good way for you to stay happy. The
reason why I thought this was interesting is that when I stopped playing games
as often in order to keep up in my college work, I started to slowly feel more
and more depressed. Depressed that I have to work all week long programming and
not spend it playing games with my friends or loved ones. This is wrong, and I
should make time to play games. According to Mrs. McGonigal, games can help you
increase your life span by increasing your physical, mental, emotional, and
social resilience. I agree with this because recently, I spent some time playing
Super Mario 3D on the Wii U with my friends. This game pretty much increase all
of my resilience(physical, mental, emotional, and social) as it made me jump up
in joy with my friends as we worked together to overcome hard obstacles in the
Mario game. Thanks to Mrs. McGonigal, I will not think of games as such a waste
of time anymore, but use it as a medium to make me more happier. This way I can
make it so I am not stress out as much and can continue to work hard towards my
college degree and feel super better.
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